WORD OF THE DAY 4/16/2003
Word of the Day for Wednesday April 16, 2003
susurrus \su-SUHR-uhs\, noun:
A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.
Still, the breeze is soothing, as is the susurrus of the
branches.
--Michael Finkel, 'Tree Surfing and Other Lofty Pleasures,'
[1]The Atlantic, March 1998
And there came, like the dry susurrus of wind before
thunder peals and lightning, a great rustle of excitement.
--Richard Whittington-Egan, 'The Edwardian literary
afternoon: part one,' [2]Contemporary Review, April 2000
He heard the susurrus of curtains luffed by the breeze.
--Erik Larson, [3]Isaac's Storm
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Susurrus comes from the Latin susurrus, 'a murmuring, a
whispering, a humming.'
susurrus \su-SUHR-uhs\, noun:
A whispering or rustling sound; a murmur.
Still, the breeze is soothing, as is the susurrus of the
branches.
--Michael Finkel, 'Tree Surfing and Other Lofty Pleasures,'
[1]The Atlantic, March 1998
And there came, like the dry susurrus of wind before
thunder peals and lightning, a great rustle of excitement.
--Richard Whittington-Egan, 'The Edwardian literary
afternoon: part one,' [2]Contemporary Review, April 2000
He heard the susurrus of curtains luffed by the breeze.
--Erik Larson, [3]Isaac's Storm
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Susurrus comes from the Latin susurrus, 'a murmuring, a
whispering, a humming.'
